Joomla Download Manager

Download Manager is a Files / Documents Management Component for Joomla which will help you to manage, track, control file downloads easily from your site. Use Password Protection, Login Protection to control access to your files.

This component it’s awesome. It looks gorgeous and works great. The only thing missing (and what I was actually looking for, at this moment) it’s a download module. Please, let me know when you release it.
Thanks

Hi, again. I have a problem. Two weeks ago I installed this component in my Joomla website, it was working fine but I had to uninstalled it a few days later while trying to solve another bug I had (also I uninstalled many components more). Now, that I fixed the bug, I tried to reinstall it but something goes wrong. When I install the Joomla Download Manager, my website doesn’t work. It’s goes all blank, when I uninstall it, my website works again. I’ve tried this 3 times already. I clean up cache, checked databases and seem’s ok…. what might be the problem?

I gotta say, I REALLY LOVE the frontend of the Downloads. Although there are some items you can hopefully add in the near future (like pictures in categories, custom fields in files and folders, and layout customization w/HTML and/or CSS w/bootstrap). I think this is way better than (the outdated) jDownloads.

Hi!
I have seen it. I never edited the code, it most like came that way, you may wish to check the last file uploaded.
But for anyone who may experience the same issue, there is a die(); statement on line 63 in the file /path-to-yoursite-files/components/com_downloadmanager/models/package.php
Just comment out the die(); statement on line 63 and you should be fine.

Hi!
Nice work with this component again.
I have a simple question, whenever I add a new download file, the files are listed according to the date of uploaded i.e. the first download link is the first file uploaded and the latest link is down.
How can I sort or order the download link from the latest link to the earliest.
Thanks

Hi,
I have been able to sort the packages. I edited {SITE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/components/com_downloadmanager/views/category/tmpl/default.php
Change Line 20-23 from
$query
->select('*')
->from($db->quoteName('#__dm_packages'))
->where("category like '%$id%'");

Some errors i found:
– directory permissions and file permissions had wrong settings with 604 (after ic changed it manually, the upload and download works
– wrong links in backend for icon detection for file
– on responsive layouts, the clickable title for the download details could be hidden

Please check the following dir exists:
/media/com_downloadmanager
/media/com_downloadmanager/cache
/media/com_downloadmanager/protected
comportment tries to create those dir automatically, bur sometimes fail due to permission setting.
In such case, you need to create those dir automatically and set permission 0755.
However in next update we shall improve it.

Hi – very easy to install but I have hit a problem. All works well until I add a preview picture(png), then when I view the menu linked page it loses ALL of the Joomla Template and just shows the category title. If I then delete the preview picture – the template and page comes back as previous. I have left page without preview pic currently (/what-we-do/catalogues) but would really like this option to work – any advice or things to try? TIA!

Hi, I’ve got exactly the same problem as Laurence: Blank page with only title when we try to affect a single category to a menu entry if preview a picture’s defined for a package. Thanks for your help.

hi. congratulations for the great job your team has achieved . but when I try to upload my pdf files in thepackage unit, instead of having that file in the attached files box, i see the index file of the front-end of mys site. I use joomla 3.6.2 an DM 1.2. Please can you help?

Hi!
I’m setting up this component but I’m not sucessful in attaching a mp3 file. Other file types are attachable, but mp3 is not attached. Is this file type excluded or is something else going wrong?
Please, could you take a look?

Hi, congratulations and Thank you for this fantastic DM! When does the new version come out? Please develop it further, do not give up this extension, is the best and easiest Download Manager for Joomla EVER!!! greets piXel

Tested the component just now (saturday 18 Feb 2017). Preview image blocks the file and shows the category.
This should be fixed in future updates.
Also the folders inside “media/com_downloadmanager” should also be created automatically when installing the component.
Not everyone has ftp or cpanel access to go and create those folders. All in all, after testing a variety of download managers, this I say is the easiest and friendliest one. Though Phoca download kinda has more features.

Hi,
Actually it should create all dirs automatically, but sometimes it may fail due to file permission in your server, however, I shall check the issue.
May you please explain “Preview image blocks the file and shows the category.” little more with an example url so that we can check and fix it in next update.

Yes, comparing with Poca Download, JDM has less features, but JDM is released very recently and first we are focusing on ease of use rather then adding tons of features, but we shall continue with adding new feature in every update.